Year : 
1982
Title : 
Geography
Exam : 
JAMB Exam

Paper 1 | Objectives

21 - 30 of 50 Questions

# Question Ans
21.

How is the mean annual rainfall of a given place calculated using records for 35 years?

A. by summing the yearly average rainfall figure and dividing by 35

B. by summing the yearly total rainfall figures dividing by 35

C. by summing the yearly total rainfall figures for 35 years and dividing by 12

D. by finding the average between the figures for the wettest and the the direst years and multiplying by 35

E. by plotting the rainfall figures on a graph and finding the midpoint

B

22.

The three leading manufacturing countries of the world are?

A. Japan, USA and Italy

B. USA, Britain and Hong Kong

C. Japan, Western Germany and Britain

D. China, Japan and Brazil

E. Japan, USA and Western Germany

E

23.

Ivory Coast has become famous in recent years for its modern agricultural development projects especially in respect of?

A. poultry farming and cattle ranching

B. cocoa and fruit growing

C. fish and poultry

D. oil palm and vegetable growing

E. fruit and flower growing

B

24.

In which of the following vegetation types do you expect to find reindeer?

A. Mediterranean

B. Temperate evergreen

C. Tundra

D. Tropical monsoon

E. Temperate grassland

C

25.

Which ONE of the following regions has the world's largest potential water power resources, but has the least developed water power?

A. Africa

B. Canada

C. south America

D. Scandinavia

E. Australia

A

26.

Which of the following is the main export from Uganda?

A. Jute

B. Bannana

C. Tobacco

D. Sisal

E. Coffee

Detailed Solution

Coffee
27.

Tropical cyclones arise in the belts of the?

A. doldrums

B. westerlies

C. trade winds

D. polar winds

E. monsoon winds

A

28.

The dominant pattern pattern of seasonal labour migration in West Africa is form?

A. the interior to the coastal belt

B. the coastal belt to the interior

C. east to west

D. west to east

E. the middle belt to the north and south

A

29.

Which of the following factors best accounts for the sparse population of the interior parts of Kenya and Tanzania?

A. very high wildlife population

B. the rift valleys are rugged and uninhabitable

C. the people are nomads

D. the soil and climatic conditions are unfavorable

E. many hectares of land are under reserve

B

30.

The two major air masses affecting the climate of West Africa are the?

A. harmattan wind and the south-west monsoon

B. south-west monsoon and the troppical martime

C. tropical continental and the tropical maritime

D. tropical continental and south-west monsoon

E. warm equatorial and the tropical maritime

C

21.

How is the mean annual rainfall of a given place calculated using records for 35 years?

A. by summing the yearly average rainfall figure and dividing by 35

B. by summing the yearly total rainfall figures dividing by 35

C. by summing the yearly total rainfall figures for 35 years and dividing by 12

D. by finding the average between the figures for the wettest and the the direst years and multiplying by 35

E. by plotting the rainfall figures on a graph and finding the midpoint

B

22.

The three leading manufacturing countries of the world are?

A. Japan, USA and Italy

B. USA, Britain and Hong Kong

C. Japan, Western Germany and Britain

D. China, Japan and Brazil

E. Japan, USA and Western Germany

E

23.

Ivory Coast has become famous in recent years for its modern agricultural development projects especially in respect of?

A. poultry farming and cattle ranching

B. cocoa and fruit growing

C. fish and poultry

D. oil palm and vegetable growing

E. fruit and flower growing

B

24.

In which of the following vegetation types do you expect to find reindeer?

A. Mediterranean

B. Temperate evergreen

C. Tundra

D. Tropical monsoon

E. Temperate grassland

C

25.

Which ONE of the following regions has the world's largest potential water power resources, but has the least developed water power?

A. Africa

B. Canada

C. south America

D. Scandinavia

E. Australia

A

26.

Which of the following is the main export from Uganda?

A. Jute

B. Bannana

C. Tobacco

D. Sisal

E. Coffee

Detailed Solution

Coffee
27.

Tropical cyclones arise in the belts of the?

A. doldrums

B. westerlies

C. trade winds

D. polar winds

E. monsoon winds

A

28.

The dominant pattern pattern of seasonal labour migration in West Africa is form?

A. the interior to the coastal belt

B. the coastal belt to the interior

C. east to west

D. west to east

E. the middle belt to the north and south

A

29.

Which of the following factors best accounts for the sparse population of the interior parts of Kenya and Tanzania?

A. very high wildlife population

B. the rift valleys are rugged and uninhabitable

C. the people are nomads

D. the soil and climatic conditions are unfavorable

E. many hectares of land are under reserve

B

30.

The two major air masses affecting the climate of West Africa are the?

A. harmattan wind and the south-west monsoon

B. south-west monsoon and the troppical martime

C. tropical continental and the tropical maritime

D. tropical continental and south-west monsoon

E. warm equatorial and the tropical maritime

C